The
national welfare secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has
said the decision of the Katsina State governor, Alhaji Aminu Masari, to
abolish the joint state and local government account was for the best
interest of the state as it would speed up development at the
grassroots.
The welfare secretary, who spoke to Leadership in Abuja, said better development at the rural areas would empower rural youths and also improve security in the state.
He explained that those kicking against the dissolution of the local government council by the governor lacked knowledge of the extant laws on local government administration in Katsina State.
He said, “The local government chairmen were lucky because the governor is being lenient and simple. If I were him, I would have taken them to EFCC to be prosecuted. The sacked local government chairmen jointly abused their position as members of the joint local government account allocation committee which controls the state’s joint local government account by sanctioning the withdrawal of money from it for a purpose other than what the account is legally meant.”
He also cited Section 81[a] of the Local Government Law 2010 as amended which provides that: “In the interest of security, peace, order and good governance or for acts of mismanagement of public funds, the governor may at any time before the expiration of tenure of a local government council dissolve any or all the 34 local government councils.”
He said this law was not made recently and that the former PDP regime in the state even amended it in 2010, and retained this provision.
Culled from Leadership
The welfare secretary, who spoke to Leadership in Abuja, said better development at the rural areas would empower rural youths and also improve security in the state.
He explained that those kicking against the dissolution of the local government council by the governor lacked knowledge of the extant laws on local government administration in Katsina State.
He said, “The local government chairmen were lucky because the governor is being lenient and simple. If I were him, I would have taken them to EFCC to be prosecuted. The sacked local government chairmen jointly abused their position as members of the joint local government account allocation committee which controls the state’s joint local government account by sanctioning the withdrawal of money from it for a purpose other than what the account is legally meant.”
He also cited Section 81[a] of the Local Government Law 2010 as amended which provides that: “In the interest of security, peace, order and good governance or for acts of mismanagement of public funds, the governor may at any time before the expiration of tenure of a local government council dissolve any or all the 34 local government councils.”
He said this law was not made recently and that the former PDP regime in the state even amended it in 2010, and retained this provision.
Culled from Leadership
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